Posted on 01/28/2014 9:11:23 PM PST by anymouse
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) said Tuesday night that he left President Obama's State of the Union speech early after "hearing how the President is further abusing his Constitutional powers."
"I could not bear to watch as he continued to cross the clearly-defined boundaries of the Constitutional separation of powers," Stockman said in a release shortly after Obama's speech ended. "Needless to say, I am deeply disappointed in the tone and content of tonight's address."
Stockman said he was reacting to Obama's promise to "break his oath of office and begin enacting his own brand of law through executive decree."
"This is a wholesale violation of his oath of office and a disqualifying offense," said the Texas congressman.
Stockman also criticized Obama for refusing to admit "his policies have failed," and for advancing a plan for more taxes and spending that is a "blueprint for perpetual poverty."
The Tea Party-backed congressman had missed weeks of House votes and hadn't been campaigning in Texas for his race against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). After tweeting that people could "find out Monday" where he'd been, Stockman resurfaced this Monday to say he'd been on a House-sanctioned international trip and blasting reports saying had been missing.
Other Republican members had similar reactions to Obama's promise to do by executive order what he can't get done legislatively in Congress.
"Unfortunately, what I heard from President Obama tonight was hostility toward our foundational principles, condescension toward a co-equal branch of government, and a general aversion to common sense and bipartisanship," said Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho).
"The President's attempt to intimidate Congress by abusing executive power demonstrates a serious unwillingness to work with the coequal legislative branch of government," said Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.).
You might want to revise your remarks. Congressman Stockman represents TEXAS CD 36, not Washington State, where you claim to live in your FR profile.
Or update his profile. Lotsa folks move to TX!
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Talk is cheap, Representative Stockman.
Actions speak louder than words.
Oh, I guess you missed his traveling to Russia, Egypt, Israel last week.
Why didn’t he stay and yell UNCONSTITUTional?
WHEN will someone STEP UP and DO SOMETHING?
The progressives will release power only from their cold dead hands...
What “something” are you talking about?..
It could be true that Barry Obama is a bastard..
And his mother was a bitch..
It should have sounded like this in there...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA
I may have to vote just to vote for Stockman. He’s the only one there with the guts to get up and walk out on this fraud.
Challenge, Indict, Impeach. Actions speak louder than words I'm told.
Simply put.. you can't hope to win a fight unless you throw some punches.
Yeah, I guess I missed where he TRAVELED to foreign lands in defense of the US Constitution.
Wake me when he drafts articles of impeachment rather than the “dog and pony show” of walking out during a speech.
Simply put.. you can’t hope to win a fight unless you throw some punches.
You realize he’s just waiting for a good reason to declare Martial Law don’t you?..
Not finding one.. there’s no reason he cannot produce a false flag terrorist attack.. i.e EMP, or something..
I feel you under estimate him and.... more his minions..
Unless the sheep stampede all the bleating in the world will solve nothing..
But those damned sheep love to butt heads together.. don’t they?..
Sounds like he's got you half scared.
I fear no man... especially a petty tyrant like Obumbler.
Sounds like he’s got you half scared.
Any thats not a little(or a lot) scared currently...
Is a bit crazy, arrogant, self-obsessed, delusional, or too “butch”..
“Every last Congress critter should have walked out.”
The decent critters shouldn’t have been there in the first place. I’m disappointed that they’d waste their time and compromise their principles.
Doesn’t Stockman understand that Iranian operatives have a different approach to things?
Soon the PhonyCon Bedwetters will try to Todd Akin on Stockman...
Stockman should be the next Senator from Texas. No PhonyCon Liberal should be sandbagging him
I would have liked it better if someone had openly challenged him rather than walking out. A few “You lie”s would have been most appreciated. Or stronger.
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